28 April 2022
Grafton Group plc
(the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting of the Company
held at 10.30am on 28 April 2022 (Irish Time).
Grafton Group plc (the "Company") today held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") during which all ordinary and special resolutions were duly passed.
All resolutions, as set out in the Notice of AGM, were voted on by way of a poll and the results were as follows:
Resolution |
FOR |
% |
AGAINST |
% |
VOTE WITHHELD |
Resolution 1 |
147,440,271 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
1,555,448 |
Resolution 2 |
148,995,719 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Resolution 3A |
148,365,611 |
99.58 |
627,513 |
0.42 |
2,595 |
Resolution 3B |
146,976,800 |
98.65 |
2,016,644 |
1.35 |
2,275 |
Resolution 3C |
148,364,469 |
99.58 |
628,655 |
0.42 |
2,595 |
Resolution 3D |
148,363,508 |
99.58 |
629,736 |
0.42 |
2,475 |
Resolution 3E |
148,681,893 |
99.79 |
311,351 |
0.21 |
2,475 |
Resolution 3F |
147,990,743 |
99.33 |
1,002,501 |
0.67 |
2,475 |
Resolution 3G |
148,684,209 |
99.79 |
310,485 |
0.21 |
1,025 |
Resolution 3H |
128,566,234 |
81.53 |
29,127,326 |
18.47 |
4,802,159 |
Resolution 4 |
147,594,021 |
99.06 |
1,399,197 |
0.94 |
2,501 |
Resolution 5 |
148,993,434 |
100 |
390 |
0 |
1,895 |
Resolution 6 |
133,268,042 |
89.45 |
15,725,702 |
10.55 |
1,975 |
Resolution 7 |
145,069,814 |
97.37 |
3,923,930 |
2.63 |
1,975 |
Resolution 8 |
146,386,674 |
98.27 |
2,575,085 |
1.73 |
33,960 |
Resolution 9 |
148,235,412 |
99.49 |
753,857 |
0.51 |
6,450 |
Resolution 10 |
148,317,036 |
99.61 |
583,801 |
0.39 |
94,882 |
Resolution 11 |
148,890,124 |
99.99 |
8,869 |
0.01 |
96,726 |
Resolution 12 |
148,663,213 |
100 |
5,847 |
0 |
326,659 |
Notes:
1. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. The "For" votes include those giving discretion to the Chairman.
2. A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.
3. A total of 148,995,719 votes were validly cast for all resolutions other than resolution 3(h) where the number of votes validly cast was 162,495,719.
The full text of these resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM, which was included in the AGM Circular made available to shareholders on 22 March 2022 and which is available on the Company's website at: https://www.graftonplc.com/investors/shareholder-services/shareholder-meetings/ .
As required by the Listing Rules of the London Stock Exchange, copies of all resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been forwarded to the UK's National Storage Mechanism where they will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
For further information, please contact:
Susan Lannigan
Deputy Company Secretary
Grafton Group plc
Telephone: +353 1 2160600